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Gerrit Berckheyde

1638–1698

Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht vanuit het oosten — Gerrit Berckheyde

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Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht vanuit het oosten

1685

Rijksmuseum

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Biography

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 10 June 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes.

Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem. Christened as an infant 6 June 1638, he was the younger brother (by eleven years) and student of the painter Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde. Golden-age historian Arnold Houbraken claimed that Job had been trained as a bookbinder by his father, and could not discover who taught him to paint. Gerrit, in turn, learned from his older brother. Job's teacher must have been a Haarlem master, and some claim it was Frans Hals, but Houbraken claimed he travelled as a journeyman between Leiden and Utrecht, offering his services as a portrait painter and learned by doing.

During the 1650s the two brothers made an extended trip along the Rhine to Germany, stopping off at Cologne, Bonn, Mannheim and finally Heidelberg. The brothers worked in Heidelberg for Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, where they were both awarded a golden medal for their efforts, but were ultimately unable to adapt to court life and so returned to Haarlem, where they shared a house and studio.

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  • Frans Halseditorial inference
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  • Job Adriaenszoon Berckheydeeditorial inference
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Later influence

  • Gaspar van Witteleditorial inference
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